Highline (Sports 2016, by Fabrice Coffrini) - Swiss Press Award
Fabrice Coffrini
On last October 14, 2014, the Euro 2016 qualifier match in Belgrade was halted on October 14 after home fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albania players after a flag with map of "Great Albania," a nationalist project seeking to unite all Albanians in one state, was carried over the stadium by a drone. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI
Agence France-Presse
3rd place
Photo / Sports
2016
Fabrice Coffrini
A cable car ascends to the top of the Moléson in the canton of Fribourg. But of course that’s nothing to a passionate tightrope walker. On September 26, 2015, Europe’s best slackliners, who indulge in the trendy sport with the loosely strung high-wire, try to best one another at the “Highline Extreme” Event. Here, in extremes, “high” means several hundred metres above the ground. Thankfully, the fog means you can’t always see all the way down.
